The name of 23 Russian athletes regarded by the World Athletics as neutral athletes after meeting the exceptional eligibility criteria for 2021: They are: Mikhail Akimenko (high jump)Semen Borodayev (shot put, discus)Timofey Chalyy (400m hurdles, 400m)Kirill Frolov (race walking)Darya Golubechkova (race walking)Dmitriy Gramachkov (race walking)Irina Ivanova (pole vault)Yuliya Khalilova (race walking)Elvira Khasanova (race walking)Kseniya Labygina […]
(CAS) has rejected appeals from El Mahjoub Dazza and Gomathi Marimuthu against their respective four-year doping suspensions. Morocco’s marathon runner, El Mahjoub Dazza and Indian 800m runner Gomathi Marimuthu who were both banned in 2020 by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), but later appealed against their sanctions to the Court of Arbitration (CAS); their appeal […]
The former IAAF (World Athletics) president Lamine Diack has been allowed to return to Senegal after bond attached to his final release was paid last week. The 87-year-old Diack was saved from going to prison by his age but the judge still attached a bond before he can be free. According to his lawyer the […]
The 2015 Beijing World Athletics long jump silver medalist, British Shara Proctor showing off good form in Clermont Florida on Sunday (2). The 32 years old Anguilla born, jumped 6.77m (1.9) to beat another British, Jasmine Sawyer who jumped 6.75m (2.7). In the 200m, the Indian Champion Srbani Nanda was fourth with good 23.47s in […]
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has sent a very serious warning to Italy over doping. The warning came after an Italian 2008 Beijing Olympic 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer, who was given eight-year ban of doping was cleared by an Italian court in Bolzano last month. “I don’t want Italy to be on the wrong […]
An Agency called LetHerRun movement which are backed by a coalition of former competitors, sports scientists and doctors has called on World Athletics to reverse its decision to ban Caster Semenya and other female athletes with naturally high levels of testosterone from competing in certain events unless they take medication. The #LetHerRun movement, conceived by […]
The World Athletics Council meeting by teleconference due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic, agreed to follow the recommendations of the Taskforce, delivered by chairperson Rune Andersen in his report today. The Council also decided to expel the Russian Federation (RusAF) from membership of World Athletics if it does not make the outstanding payments of a $US5 […]
Despite negative appeal by former doping mastermind turned whistblower, Grigory Rodchenkov that no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year. Russia’s athletics federation on Tuesday sent a letter to the world athletics body, asking them to delay a planned review after it failed to pay a doping fine. […]
World Athletics has lifted the suspension of the Tokyo Olympic qualification system for the marathon and race walk events from 1 September 2020, due to concerns over the lack of qualifying opportunities that may be available for road athletes before the qualification period finishes on 31 May 2021. The original suspension period, from 6 April […]
The World Athletics received a boost as it’s president Lord Sebastian Coe has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC). Coe’s candidacy was proposed after he changed his status at sports marketing firm CSM to a non-executive role over a potential conflict of interest. The 63-year-old had been turned down […]
Russian Athletics woe seems to be getting to crescendo as it’s six months old president resigned. Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Yevgeny Yurchenko has resigned after the organisation missed a deadline to pay a fine to World Athletics. Yurchenko has quit after less than six months in the role after the organisation failed to meet […]
The hope of Russian reinstatement into mainstream of athletics fold has been thrown into the spanner after the World Athletics stood down it’s Taskforce on Russian matters after it’s failed to meet the deadline payment given. The implication of standing down the Taskforce, which is overseeing the Russian’s reinstatement, means work of the Doping Review […]
The South Africa Athletics are really bemoaning lack of insurance cover for athletes during this covid-19 pandemic; a prerequisite it deem fit for athletics resumption. Although the ‘permitted athletes’ are allowed to go ahead to resume training expecially in private facility. But the criteria for the chosen ‘permitted athletes’ are somehow confusing. Athletics SA president […]
The Athletics South Africa has vehemently rejected the decision by the South Africa Government given nod for the start of Athletics; felt it’s still premature. That was confirmed by ASA president Aleck Skhosana on Saturday as the organisation sent out a statement explaining its position. “We are not convinced as ASA that we should put […]
The succesful 193 eligible athletes has been announced today by the World Athletics. They include athlete who have qualified for selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (by entry standard), and have demonstrated a justifiable welfare need through significant loss of income in 2020 compared to 2019, and have never had any anti-doping violation. The […]
A former BBC reporter, now member of parliament and sits on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, John Nicolson has joined leading athletes in expressing their concerns after it emerged that a firm of which Lord Coe is executive chairman, CSM Sports and Entertainment, had been profiting from deals with the company that owns […]
The court has heard on Wednesday that World Athletics, which is now led by Britain’s Sebastian Coe, is claiming €41.2 million compensation from Lamine Diack, the former president. It says the doping scandal led major sponsors Adidas and Nestle to sever ties with the federation. The former global athletics supremo, Diack was also called in court […]
The chance of Russian given window to participate in Tokyo 2020 Olympics is tickling away by day as Russian Athletics Federation vice President, Eduard Bezuglov said that they don’t have sufficient funds to pay the fine. To make the matter worst, the World Athletics said on Monday it had shot down a request by Russia’s athletics federation to […]
With daily growing of athletics meets around the world, from virtual to empty stadium and sizable spectators; today the World Athletics took a responsible bold step to roll out guidelines to host a meet because of covid-19. The guidelines, drafted by World Athletics’ Health and Science Department, also address the post-peak period, as described by […]
The corruption case involving athletics greatest doping cover-up continued on Thursday in Paris. But surprisingly the 87 years former World Athletics (formerly IAAF) president, Lamine Diack claimed he did all he did to save Athletics from financial loses; as the case of recent discovery of World Athletics’ financial lost in 2017 and 2018. The former […]
In a bid for Russian to raise a flag at next Tokyo 2020 Olympics, some top senior Russian athletes have throw the gauntlet down for Russian Athletics to pay the required fine before the expiration. The system of allowing Russian athletes to take part as neutrals will be suspended if $5 million of the $10 […]
The towering popularity of World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, will be crown soon as the executive board of International Olympics Commitee (IOC) has proposed him to be a member. Coe is one of five officials due to be approved as members at the first virtual IOC Session on July 17. IOC President Thomas Bach said […]
The banned former IAAF (now-World Athletics) Anti-Doping director, Gabriel Dolle open up a can of worms which existed during Lamine Diack reign as president of World Athletics. Dolle who was ban for five years by the World Athletics body told a French court on Monday that Lamine Diack urged him to bend the rules on Russian doping […]
Registration for the World Athletics Relief Fund will be open to applicants until May 31 with a working group overseeing the distribution of funds, with eligibility criteria and the application process now being finalised. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who chairs the working group has said defining the eligibility criteria has been difficult to ensure […]
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said the organisation is holding discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over securing its share of revenues expected from the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Several International Federations (IFs) are set to request an early payment of sums they expected to receive from the IOC from the Games, […]
In an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the president of World Athletics Sebastian Coe sounded a note warning to athletes who wants to use this period to cheat. Although he conceded that testing has been more difficult in this prevailing lockdown, curfews and international travel restrictions. “But nobody should run away with the idea […]
An independent track and field body, the Athletics Association, has extended an invitation to World Athletics to discuss the current qualification system for the next year Olympics- Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Athletics Association, the body representing all the athletes from around the world, have called World Athletics to speak with them over the controversial freeze […]
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said he is still hoping that a late outdoor athletics season can be planned from August to October this year, he said on Friday. “We know that different countries are at different stages of managing this pandemic so we are trying to give a structure to our athletes and member […]
The South Africa sport minister Nathi Mthethwa created a relief fund few days ago called Covid-19 Sport, Arts And Culture Relief Fund to meet the loses suffered by athletes, coaches and other stakeholders. To access this fund, the athletes are to submit their claim by filling an application form before April 6. The athletes concerned […]